Use&Abuse started in 2001 as a photographic project whose aim was to combine artistic and music-related photography. The project has been growing throughout the years to include industrial photography, portraits, photos sessions for bands, fetish art, sexual images and concert and festivals layouts.

Many black and white works are to be found in Use&Abuse’s output, and such images have, in fact, become its stylistic hallmark. Aesthetically, it has found its influences in bands such as Nitzer Ebb, Nine Inch Nails, Recoil, Depeche Mode, Tricky, Macromassa and The Residents. Directors like David Lynch or photographers like Anton Corbijn and Helmut Newton have been named as visual and graphic artists who have inspired its photographic works.

Use&Abuse has contributed in several photo sessions with bands like Maydrim (run by producer Alan May), Munich 72 and Revox 3 (led by Juani Mr^Fly, producer-composer whose years of work with the band Lemon^Fly is only one of his numerous musical achievements). It is now planning sessions with Hiroshima Atomic Garden and Blacanova.

Attending to its participation in shows and concerts Nitzer Ebb, Dirty Princess, Goldfrapp, Blixa Bargled or Ladytron are some bands worth highlighting. Use&Abuse is a growing project in constant development.

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